Liquid-container provided with removable hinged top



C. S. BARON.

LIQUID CONTAINER PROVIDED WITH REMOVABLEHINGED TOP.

'APPLICATJON FILED JULY 9. I919.

1,375,993, Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

unites attics.

CHARLES S. BARON, OF TIEFIN, OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr, 2%, 15521.

Application filed. July 9, 1919. Serial No. 309,580.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. Bnnoma citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing in the city of Tiliin, in the county of Seneca, in theState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLiquid-Containers Provided with Removable Hinged Tops of which thefollowing is a specification, reference beinghad to the accompanyingdrawing.

The object of my invention IS tO- produce improvements in containersprovided with removable hinged tops, and specifically n molasses jugs ofthat description wherein provision is made for the entireremovalof thetop at will, and for conveniently, with increased security of union,attaching the top to the container.

What constitutes my invention w ll be hereinafter specified in detailand succinctly set forth in the appended claim.

Tn the accompanying drawing,

Figure I is a side elevation of the upper portion of a molasses jug withits top secured thereto in place and closed. 0

Fig. TI is a top plan view of the sub ect matter of Fig. I. r

Fig. III is a section on the line III-1TT of Fig. I.

Fig. IV is a figure corresponding to F1g. TH, illustrative ofcurvilinear contours in cross section in place of the plane contoursshown in Fig. TH.

Referring to the numerals on the drawing, 1 indicates the body of acontainer which may be made of any suitable or preferred shape anddimensions and of any preferred material, glass or fictile materialbeing that which is usually employed.

2 indicates the handle thereof, which preferably embodies a transverseprojection 8 extending from the rear of the body 1 and whose uppersurface 4 ispreferably flush with the open mouth 5 of the body 1.

By aid of the projection 23, l secure to the top of the container aportion 6 of a metallic top which, in use, is fixed to the body 1. Toit, as by means of a pintle 7 and knuckles 8 and 9, is hinged themovable part 10 of the top. A spring 11, preferably coiled about thepintle 7 and interposed between the upper surface of the top 6 and thebottom of My invention relates to the means by which the part 6 issecured to the body of the container. Such means consist preferably of atail-piece 15 extending rearwardly from the part 6 of the top above andin close juxtaposition to the upper surface 4- of'the projectionDepending from the tail-piece 15 upon opposite sides thereof, areresilient cheek-plates 16 and 17, which, by. their re siliency, tend toapproach each other and thereby to constitute a clip. They terminate inlips 18 and 19, respectively.

The projection3 is provided, as shown in Fig. HT, withupwardlyconvergent plane faces 20 and 21, and with downwardly convergentplane faces 22 and 23. The faces 22 and 20, and 23 and 21, respectively,meet at angles disposed to correspond substantially to the dispositionof the angles at which the cheek-plates and their lips, respectively,meet.

The construction above described comprehends essentially oppositelydisposed wedges, the upper one being formed by the faces 20 and 21 andthe lower one by the faces 22 and 23.

By my invention, the transverse extent of the narrow end of the upperwedge is substantially equal to or a little less than the normaldistance between the edges of the lips 18 and l9,--that is, when the topis eparated from the container.. Comse- I quently, whenever it isdesired to apply the top to the'container, it is only necessary topresent the open lips 18 and 19 against the upper wedge, and then, bypressure applied to the tail-piece from above, to force the cheek-plates16 and 17 into position upon the projection 3. The application ofpressure in the manner described causes the upper wedge above indicated,to separate the lips'18 and 19. As soon as the edges of the lips passthe angles in which the faces 20 and 22, and 21 and 23, respectively,meet, they snap into place and secure the tailpiece 15 to the body ofthe container.

The faces 22 and 23 are disposed at a comparatively obtuse anglerelatively to: each other, with the effect, in consequence of theresiliency of the cheek-plates 16 and 17, of drawing the tail-piece 15snugly against the top of the projection 3. Likewise, the lower wedgedefined by the faces 22 and 23 serves to facilitate, upon theapplication of sufficient uplift pressure upon the tail-piece 15, theremoval of the top 6 from the body 1.

It will be observed that the operation of attaching the tail-piece tothe projection 3 and of detaching it therefrom, is accomplished by awedging action, in each instance, that eliminates the necessity ofdirect manipulation of the cheek-plates 16 and 17, or either of them.

It is obvious that both or either of the wedging operations abovedescribed can be obtained through the employment of a variety of crosssectional contours of the projection 3, and the substitution ofcurvilinear contours for the plane faces previously described is shown,by way of example, in Fig.1V.

The projection 3 is shown as provided with shoulders at opposite ends ofthe cheelcplates 16 and 17, respectively, but this construction isnonessential, it being found in practice that a secure and stable unionbetween the parts 1 and 6 is obtainable through the employment only ofthe compleinentary cheek-plates and lips, and the projection 3 ofcorresponding cross-sectional contour as above specified.

l/Vhat I claim is:

The combination with an open-mouthed container, provided upon one sidethereof with a projection having a cross-sectional contour defined byrespective pairs of lateral faces upwardly convergent to the top of themember from medial points and downwardly convergent from said points,constituting oppositely acting wedges, of a top providedwith a springclip member detachably fitting over said projection, said member havingresilient cheek-plates terminating in lips adapted to engage and to bemoved apart by said wedges whenthe clip member is applied to and removedfrom said projection, the distance between the pair of upwardlyconverging lateral faces at the top of the projection being less thanthe normal distance between the lips of the cheek-plates. n

In testimony whereof, Ihave hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses. 7

CHARLES S. BARON.

Witnesses:

HARRY TAGGART, 'ConA E. Bnnnnnn.

